West Rockville MD Weather

Monday was a partly cloudy to sunny early part of the day, very warm and humid, then very cloudy late afternoon with finally a mid-afternoon thunderstorm that dumped a bit on my station (0.60″) but a lot less than other stations in the area. The thunder was quite loud with mostly numerous cloud to cloud lightning flashes hitting around the 1530-1600 time period (0.82″/hour max rain rate at 1548) and still quite humid. High temperatures rose today with strong sun…

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Sunday was a partly cloudy, hot, dry but still quite humid. High temperatures rose today with strong sun at times to the lower 90s after a still warm early AM min in the low-mid 70s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer did better with the clouds shielding the full sun’s rays at most key times, maxing out at 92.3°, still a bit too warm but better. We had some cumulus and stratocumulus at times in the warm, muggy air in…

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Saturday was a partly cloudy, warmer, dry but still a quite humid day. High temperatures rose today with some sun to the mid 80s after a still warm early AM min in the low 70s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer did better with the building clouds shielding the full sun’s rays at times, maxing out at 86.9°, still a bit too warm but better. We had building cumulus in the warm, muggy air in the afternoon. At about 0640…

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Friday was a mostly cloudy, cooler, dry but still humid day. High temperatures rose today with really no sun observed to the low-mid 80s after a still warm early AM min around 70°. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer did better with the clouds shielding the full sun’s rays, maxing out at 84.7°, still a bit too warm but better. We had a stratocumulus/cumulus overcast most all of the day when I looked out my windows, particularly in the afternoon…

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Thursday was a partly to mostly cloudy, not as warm, dry but a bit less humid day. High temperatures rose today with less sun to the mid 80s after a still warm early AM min in the low 70s. . My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer did better with more clouds shielding the full sun’s rays, maxing out at 85.8°, still a bit too warm but better. We had some cumulus buildups at times, particularly in the morning hours. At…

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Wednesday was a partly to mostly cloudy, not as hot, dry but still humid (but slightly less so- esp late) day. High temperatures rose today with less sun to the upper 80s after a muggy early AM min in the mid 70s. Some regional station did make it to the 90° mark but still at least 3° lower than yesterday. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer topped off at 98.1° again, too warm as the sensor is not shielded from…

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Tuesday was another sunny, even hotter, dry but humid day. High temperatures rose today with plenty of sun, topping off in the low 90s after an early AM min in the lower 70s. Official airport stations in the area were up in the mid 90s (DCA and IAD 95, BWI 97) My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer topped off at 98.1° again, too warm as the sensor is not shielded from the sun yet, which does reach my balcony in…

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It is early evening Tuesday and I just now am going to be able to post my Monday daily wx message. As explained below my internet, cable TV and land-line phone went out just after midnight obs, and did not come back on till well after I went to bed around 4 AM. I am sending the post below out now as it existed when I compiled it early this morning. I will make another post for Tuesday’s wx at…

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Sunday was a sunny, hot and dry day. High temperatures rose today with plenty of sun with temperatures topping off in the low 90s after an early AM min in the upper 60s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer topped off at 97.2°, too warm as the sensor is not shielded from the sun yet, which does reach my balcony in the morning hours with a NE exposure. At about 0430 we have clear skies with temperatures in the upper…

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Saturday was a sunny, warmer and dry day. High temperatures rose today with plenty of sun with temperatures topping off in the mid-upper 80s after an early AM min in the mid 60s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer topped off at 92.8°, too warm as the sensor is not shielded from the sun yet, which does reach my balcony in the morning hours with a NE exposure. At about 0530 we have clear skies with temperatures in the upper…

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